7

The First Fleet

By John Patience Chard

Having brought hundreds of convicts to New South Wales, Arthur Phillip then had to conjure order out of their chaos.

8

The Character of Captain James Cook

By David Samwell

Captain Cook’s friend and ship’s surgeon David Samwell gives us his impressions of the great explorer.

9

The Avengers

By John Buchan

John Buchan was moved by the way the nations of the British Empire volunteered for service in the Great War.

10

Kanguru!

By Captain James Cook

James Cook describes his first sight of a beloved Australian icon.

11

Huskisson’s Legacy

By Samuel Sidney

Samuel Sidney, a Victorian expert on Australian matters, explained how cutting tax and regulation on Britain’s global trade made everyone better off.

12

The Founding of Australia

By Clay Lane

Within little more than half a century a British penal colony turned into a prosperous, free-trade democracy.